Business and Corporate Litigation Newsletter
The current issue of the Business and Corporate Litigation Committee Newsletter of the ABA’s Business Law Section has recently been distributed. Here is a link to it. ( I serve as the Editor and Chair of the Newsletter Committee and Peter Valori … Continue reading
Good Bye Independent Contractor
Prof. Gordon Smith notes on his Conglomerate blog here that the new Restatement (Third) of Agency has eliminated the familiar term of "independent contractor" in part due to the recognition that the antonym of independent contractor is not necessarily "employee".
Harvard’s Professor Roe Presents Lecture in Delaware
Professor Mark Roe of Harvard Law School presented today the 23rd Annual F.G. Pileggi Distinguished Lecture in Law in Wilmington, Delaware, to members of the Delaware Bench and Bar at the Hotel duPont at 8:00a.m. The Lecture was entitled: "Does Delaware … Continue reading
Background on Chancery’s Follieri Opinion
Today’s Wall Street Journal has a front page story here that provides extensive background on the facts behind a recent Chancery Court decision in the Follieri case that I summarized here recently. Although the opinion at the foregoing link is only a … Continue reading
Chancery Allows Claim For Challenged Lawful Action That May Still Be Inequitable
In Twin Bridges Limited Partnership v. Draper, et al., 2007 WL 44609 (Del. Ch., Sept. 14, 2007), read opinion here, the Chancery Court explains in exhaustive detail the intricate facts of internecine warfare among family members engaged in a dispute … Continue reading
Chancery Analyzes Contractual Provision Requiring Cooperation
In Mogavero v. Greenberg, 2007 WL 2713843 (Del. Ch., Sept. 12, 2007), read opinion here, the Chancery Court explored the nuances and contours of a specific contractual term that required cooperation in connection with applying for building permits as a result … Continue reading
Lawyer Disqualified Sua Sponte By Court
Although I only occasionally summarize on this blog decisions of the Delaware Superior Court, the trial court of general jurisdiction in Delaware, for example, when they are of special commercial import or they apply generally to business litigators, this is such an … Continue reading
Automobiles Fueled Delaware’s Growth in the Past
Here is an article in today’s News Journal that chronicles the history of the automobile beginning over 100 years ago, as paralleling the growth and progress of Delaware’s economy, including the location in the state of two major auto plants. Of … Continue reading
Delaware Hospital Sued in Delaware County, PA
When I am up to date on my summaries of court decisions from Delaware’s Chancery Court and Supreme Court, I often refer to interesting cases in other Delaware courts or the courts of neighboring jurisdictions, such as the Delaware County … Continue reading
Delaware Courts and Corporate Governance
This blog focuses primarily on the summary of key decisions from Delaware’s Chancery Court and Supreme Court, so it is entirely fitting that I refer here to an article in the current issue of Directorship magazine, as flagged by the … Continue reading
View My Twitter Profile
View My LinkedIn Profile
View My Facebook Profile
View This Blog's Facebook Network